In order lo secure the border with Albania which was still undefined and volatile. The Government of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians engaged the local Albanian population and formed four "Albanian battalions". However, the members of those armed units have not given up their previous criminal activities, but carried on with violence and armed robbery. The rest of the population from the area complained to the Government, demanding the dismissal of the troops. Despite the popular protests, the Albanian boundary troops continued to exist all until the final resolution of Yugoslavian and Albanian borders on the Piece conference in Paris in 1921.