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 krajem oktobra, ministar unutrašnjih poslova Lulzim Baša je izjavio: „Postoji kriminal, ali i borba protiv kriminala.“ Samo nekoliko dana ranije, u Valoni je ubijen istaknuti pripadnik policije, a u okrugu Kukeš je iz vatrenog oružja ubijen gradonačelnik.