Addressing parliament in late October, Interior Minister Lulzim Basha said "There is crime, but there is also the fight against crime." Just a few days before, a senior police officer was killed in Vlora and a mayor was shot dead in a municipality in Kukes district.
Obraćajući se parlamentu koncem listopada, ministar unutarnjih poslova Lulzim Basha kazao je: "Postoji kriminal, ali i borba protiv kriminala". Samo nekoliko dana ranije, u Vlori je ubijen istaknuti pripadnik policije, a u okrugu Kukes iz vatrenog oružja ubijen je gradonačelnik.