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A Chinese judicial body has condemned a group of leading figures of a notorious Myanmar organized crime group to death as Chinese authorities continues its crackdown on scam networks in Southeast Asian region.

Altogether, 21 Bai family figures and partners were sentenced of scams, murder, assault and various crimes, stated a official report released on the court portal.

The family is among a small number of mafias that became dominant in the last two decades and converted the poor backwater town of Laukkaing into a profitable hub of casinos and nightlife areas.

Recently they pivoted to fraudulent schemes in which thousands of smuggled workers, several of them Chinese, are caught, mistreated and obligated to defraud victims in unlawful activities valued at huge sums.

Information of the Sentencing

Mafia leader the patriarch and his offspring Bai Yingcang were included in the several men condemned to execution by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and Chen Guangyi were the additional convicted.

A couple of figures of the clan mafia were received delayed executions. Five were sentenced to life imprisonment, while nine others were handed prison terms varying from several years to two decades.

The Bais, who controlled their own armed group, created forty-one compounds to host their cyberscam activities and casinos, government reported.

Scale of Criminal Operations

Such criminal enterprises involved more than 29 billion local currency (over four billion dollars; £3.1bn). These activities also led to the deaths of six from China nationals, the self-inflicted death of one and multiple harm, state media reported.

The harsh punishments delivered by the judicial body are a component of China's campaign to eliminate the extensive fraud networks in the region - and deliver a strong signal to other criminal groups.

Background of the Groups

Such groups rose to power in the recent decades with the assistance of a military leader - who currently heads the country's junta. He had aimed to prop up allies in Laukkaing after ousting its former warlord.

Among the groups, the this family were "the top", Bai Yingcang before stated to official sources.

During that period, our Bai family was the dominant in each of the government and military spheres," he stated in a report about the clan, shown on official channels in July.

During the film, a worker at a fraud facilities recalled the abuse he had experienced at the location: in addition to being beaten, he had his fingernails yanked out with instruments and a couple of his fingers severed with a tool.

More Allegations

The son is among those who were sentenced to death this week. He has additionally been independently convicted of conspiring to trade and make eleven tons of illegal drugs, state media announced.

Decline of the Groups

The families' downfall occurred in last year as situations shifted.

Over a long period Chinese authorities has pressed the regime to control scam operations in Laukkaing.

Last year, the Chinese police released arrest warrants for the leading individuals of such clans.

Bai Suocheng, the Bai family's leader, was among the figures who were handed to Beijing from the country in the beginning of the year.

"Why is the Chinese government making significant resources to target the groups?" a expert stated in the summer documentary.

This serves as a warning individuals, regardless of who you are, your base, as long as you commit these terrible offenses targeting the nationals, you will be held accountable."