THE ALBANIAN PUBLIC'S TRUST IN SECURITY: STUMBLING BLOCKS TO EU NEGOTIATIONS 5. Chapter 24: Justice, Freedom and Security: Albania: The fight against organized crime. EU policies aim to maintain and further develop the Union as an area of freedom, security, and justice. On issues such as; border control, visas, external migration, asylum matters, the fight against organized crime and terrorism, cooperation in the field of drugs, customs cooperation, and judicial cooperation in criminal and civil matters, Member States need to be properly equipped to adequately implement the growing framework of common rules. Above all, this requires a strong and well-integrated administrative capacity in law enforcement agencies and other relevant bodies, which must attain the necessary standards. The most detailed part of the EU's policies on justice, freedom, and security is the Schengen acquis, which entails the lifting of internal border controls in the EU. However, for the new Member States, substantial parts of the Schengen acquis are implemented following a separate Council Decision taken after accession. It should be noted that the main challenge for Albania within Chapter 24 will be its track record and proactive investigations in the fight against organized crime and money laundering. Both the quantitative and qualitative indicators must be interlinked, which often makes the results­based evaluation process difficult during negotiations. In terms of"hard acquis" or the alignment and implementation of directives, regulations, and decisions related to the areas such as; migration, security, and integrated border management, and visas must be considered an important part within this chapter for the process to run smoothly. This will take into consideration the previous experience of Albanian institutions in implementing EU acquis Communautaire legislation during the liberalization visa regime 39 with the EU. Even though institutional and human capacities, as well as proper budget allocation to manage border, migration, and asylum issues, will remain a concern across the negotiation process. The Albanian public has great concerns regarding the state's fight against organized crime. According to the Albania Security Barometer. only 10.3 percent of respondents stated that they are"very satisfied" with institutions' performance against organized crime, whereas almost 57 percent stated that they are"little satisfied" or"not satisfied" with what has been done to tackle this problem. Graph 1.3 39 Monitoring the Visa Liberalisation Process with Albania: What to expect when you are expecting? May 2010: https://www.esiweb.org/pdf/schengen_white_list_project­EMA_Monitoring_the_Visa_Liberalisation_Process_with_Albania.pdf 51