THE ALBANIAN PUBLIC'S TRUST IN SECURITY: STUMBLING BLOCKS TO EU NEGOTIATIONS should be treated by criminal law and that the leaders of the party in question would be responsible for the process of uprooting corruption in the electoral process, and conversely any failures of it. This open letter was highly indicative of the political pressure that is exerted to prevent any cases in the future of criminals being elected into parliament and is also quite telling of the level of corruption that is found in political parties, and the electoral process in general. 60 While there have been many evaluation processes that serve to uproot corruption in the field of justice, and as we will see in the section below also in the police, there has been no such procedure taking place in the field of politics. No elected official has ever gone through the inquisitive grind of the vetting process, which by understanding the level of perceived corruption in politics would be ideal. However, there have been many claims that the political class will indeed be vetted by the activities of the SPO and the NBI. 61 hile such claims are logical judging from the vast field of competences of both these institutions, and the low level of oversight that the Albanian political system has on these institutions(in comparison to the international institutions attached to the justice reform process), the effectiveness of these procedures on politicians would be questionable if they would not utilize the same inquisitive tools for vetting on the politicians, as they have been using on the judiciary class, and police officials. 4.3. State Police The State Police have been at the center of many discussions, both political and legal on matters of corruption, political control, and problems of accusations and perceived links to organized crime. The opposition has largely focused the majority of its accusations against the government on law enforcement in general, and the police in particular with regards to its perceived utilization for nefarious activities. Indeed, politicians representing the opposition have often openly accused high ranking members of the police of being involved in drug trafficking, and of aiding and abetting the cultivation of cannabis and the trafficking of high-grade narcotics. Of these accusations, we can mention only one case in which a high-ranking member of the police has been taken under custody in a criminal process. 62 However, the police continue to be at the center of political discourse on matters and accusations regarding corruption related to policing organized crime activities, with a heavy focus on drug trafficking specifically. 60 Article detaling the US Embassies’ letter: https://a2news.com/video/yuri-kim-leter-kryetareve-te-partive-mbani-te-korruptuarit-dhe-kriminelet-jashte­listave/ 61 Article from an interview of the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the State Department's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Elizabeth Millard, in which she highlighted the argument: https://ata.gov.al/2018/09/20/vetingu-i-politikes-millard-celesi-eshte-spak-dhe-bkh/ 62 Article on an ex director of police being taken into custody: https://shqiptarja.com/lajm/akuza-per-shperdorim-detyre-vetedorezohet-ne-polici-jaeld-cela-ish-shefi-i-policise­vlore 75