The low level of efficiency of local and international institutions to face and deal with social problems (unemployment), organised crime, non-settlement of the status of property, corruption, narcotics smuggling, prostitution, Kosovo as an oasis with an unresolved status, the influence of Serbian politics on the governance of the enclaves and others may be factors in the development of a crisis which could move beyond institutional control. These events could then have as a consequence devastating riots with elements of interethnic clashes. The KFOR's presence in Kosovo is substantial and strategically needed because this force is a guarantee of the region's peace, security, stability and democratisation. It is also the only force which can guarantee a solution to the inherited problems in the region.