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The Albanan piracy () -- sea robbery, assault on ship and pillaging their cargo and crew pirates, who had their base in the ports of Albania, who had as diamond (mostly) as well as North African origin. It was common in the 18th century. In the Adriatic sea, pirates attacked both the Christian nations ships, mostly the Venice Republic, and on the dry Muslim Ottoman Empire, and were threatened and overtaken by all of the eastern Mediterranean economy, which led to the corresponding response from the Ottoman's and the European States. The threat on the side of the diamond pirates forced the Middle Passage to join them with the "imperial letters" (namei hümayun) -- a two-way deal on the arm of armed conflict. While we know that the Ottoman Empire is bringing these pirates into its fleet during its wars of sea war.

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The main base for diamond pirates has historically served the city of Hamchechio (, modern Ulcina on the border between Montenegro and Albania), because they are often referred to as the generalized term "Humgamotism" (literally the duenians, the Duchechio). But also known cases of using albani pirates as their trademark cities by Antivari, Valona (Verora), Duraczo (Durers) and Raguza (Dubrez). Some of the leaders of the ultrasound pirates like Lack Chani and Hudson Alia were well known among the contemporaries.

In the 18th century, the Czech pirates had close ties with the Berber pirates from the coast of North Africa. Some of the Berber pirates, such as the Arnut Maemi, and according to the thought of certain scientists and the most famous Berber pirates, are brothers of Aorij and Hezyr Barbarsa, were allergic to the origin and vice versa -- at the end of the 16th century in Ulcini, were based on about 400 pirates from Tunisia and Algiers.

Ulconian pirates known as lupi di mare Discigni (alab. ujqit detarë Ulqinakë - "ultra-marine wolves") were considered the most dangerous pirates in the Adriatic. They were not poor and uneducated criminals, but respected and well-paid professionals -- depending on the circumstances they were speaking to merchants, traders, inspections, smugglers, diplomats and pirates. They ruled piracy and trade according to season, there are enemies or local conflicts. In fact, the captain of the Voivodship Gauler Alvise Foxra (1675-1751) wrote,

First information about piracy in Albania
The first information about piracy in the Ulcka district was documented in ancient Rome when the illyrian pirates attacked Roman ships. We know that the illyrian tribe of Labyanites lived on piracy.

In the Middle Ages, the first information about pirates doing attacks in Ulcka, Durresses, and Miss Rodon are from 1096. There's also a written message that in 1320, 1347 the diamond pirates attacked Muslim and Christian ships in Ionian and Christian seas.

In 1405, Ulcius moved by pi