THE ALBANIAN PUBLIC'S TRUST IN SECURITY: STUMBLING BLOCKS TO EU NEGOTIATIONS 60.00% 45.00% Trust in the judiciary institutions 51.93% 50.04% 30.00% 15.00% 0.00% 19.91%21.26% 6.28% 0.63% Courts Not at all A little Somewhat 20.45%21.35% 7.09% 1.08% Prosecution A lot Don’t know Graph no.2 Trust on the Judiciary Institutions In addition to reformatting the courts of their highest and most important staff, the reform transformed how the justice system functions. Specifically, the elements that pertain to the fight against corruption in important positions, and investigations relating to economic crime and organized crime in general. Two new institutions were introduced in the 2016 changes of the justice reform, namely the National Bureau of Investigation(NBI), and the Special Prosecution Office(SPO). 57 These institutions have a great range of competencies which in many cases overlook and supplant the competencies of the traditional justice institutions. The NBI is modeled after and receives training from the FBI, making it the most important investigative unit in the country. Besides, the NBI has been accorded competences by Article 75/a of the Code of Criminal Procedures on different matters on corruption such as: 1. Active Corruption done by people in public offices, foreign public servants, high state officials, people that exert illegal influence on public officials, people that occupy offices and ranks within any institution of the justice system. 2. Passive Corruption of all the above-mentioned categories. 3. Illegal gains of interests, Inequity in public tenders and procurement procedures. 58 The NBI can order the State Police to defer cases to them on any occasion where it becomes apparent that issues fall unto its competencies. The only institution that the NBI answers to is the SPO, which is the highest office that will partake in issues of prosecuting high-profile cases of corruption involving important state officials. 57 Law no. 95/2016. On the Organization and the Functioning of Institutions for the Fight against Organized Crime and Corruption. Article 5& Article 10. 58 See Article 75/a of the Code of Criminal Procedures 72