THE ALBANIAN PUBLIC'S TRUST IN SECURITY: STUMBLING BLOCKS TO EU NEGOTIATIONS 60.00% 45.00% 51.93% Trust in the judiciary institutions 50.04% 30.00% 19.91%21.26% 15.00% 0.00% 6.28% 0.63% Courts Not at all A little Somewhat Graph 1: Results on the trust on judiciary institutions 20.45%21.35% 7.09% 1.08% Prosecution A lot Don’t know And, to contrast, we will also be referring to the results by the same survey on the public's expectations of the new justice institutions: How much will the fight against corruption and organized crime be strengthened after the establishment of the SPO? 0.5 0.4305 0.375 0.3471 0.25 0.125 0.1094 0.0843 0.0287 0. A lot Somewhat A little Not at all Don’t know Graph 2: Results on the perception of the strengthening of the fight against corruption/organized crime after the establishment of SPO What we can deduct from this simple comparison, is that justice reform was greatly needed. It indicates the importance of the new institutions, as well as the great expectations relayed upon them by the population. It shows that the public believes that the reforms will improve the problematic situation concerning the country's judicial system. 16