THE ALBANIAN PUBLIC'S TRUST IN SECURITY: STUMBLING BLOCKS TO EU NEGOTIATIONS vetting have been largely positive. Of the 16 police officials that have gone through with the vetting process, only 2 have failed to pass this process. 63 If we would consult the public opinion as displayed by the ASB, the majority of the public does not believe that the police are largely politicized. Nearly 38.12 percent of the polled public believe that the State Police is not at all independent from politics, with 28.34 percent believing that it has little independence, 24.22 percent believing that it is somewhat independent, and nearly 8 percent believing that it is very independent. If we have established that the political system is in many cases linked to organized crime, to the point that foreign dignitaries must make public letters exerting political pressure on political leaders to warn them of ramifications should they include criminals in electoral lists, we can determine that the high number of people that believe that the police are politicized is concerning and that measures to further depoliticize law enforcement should take place. Independence of security institutions from political influence 62.5 50. 48.34 37.5 31.57 28.3249.51 38.12 27.26 25. 21.35 20.09 12.5 31.93 24.2224.84 20.36 12.65 7.987.446.37 0. A little Not at all Somewhat A lot Armed Forces State Police 10.94 3.77 3.59 1.35 Don’t know Graph no.5 Independence of security institutions from political influence Another element that has been generating a great deal of public attention and political discourse this year in the field of law enforcement and the fight against crime is the OFL(Operation Force of the Law). This operation started its implementation in late November of last year prompted by a high-profile case of a state prosecutor who survived an assassination attempt while in his car with a suspected criminal kingpin. 64 The government, particularly the prime minister, focused 63 The information on this subsection has been extracted from the website of the Outer Evaluation Committee: http://kjv.al/ 64 Article on the assassination attempt on the prosecutor which became a catalyst for the OFL: https://www.reporter.al/prokurori-arjan-ndoja-perfshihet-ne-nje-atentat-mafioz-ne-durres/ 77