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A Chinese court has condemned several prominent figures of a notorious Myanmar mafia to execution as Chinese authorities continues its campaign on fraudulent activities in South East Asia.

In all, twenty-one clan figures and partners were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and additional offenses, reported a official document posted on the judicial portal.

The family is among a few of organized crime groups that rose to power in the 2000s and converted the underdeveloped isolated region of Laukkaing into a wealthy hub of gambling establishments and entertainment zones.

Recently they turned to scams in which numerous of illegally moved workers, several of them from China, are caught, harmed and compelled to scam targets in criminal enterprises estimated at huge sums.

Information of the Sentencing

Syndicate head Bai Suocheng and his heir Bai Yingcang were included in the group of men condemned to capital punishment by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Yang Liqiang, A third figure and A fourth person were the remaining punished.

A couple of figures of the clan syndicate were handed suspended death sentences. Five were given to permanent incarceration, while additional individuals were given prison terms between a period of 3-20 years.

The Bais, who led their own militia, created forty-one compounds to host their digital scam schemes and gambling houses, government said.

Scale of Unlawful Schemes

These criminal activities entailed exceeding 29 billion Chinese yuan ($4.1bn; £3.1bn). These activities also resulted in the deaths of six from China citizens, the suicide of one and numerous injuries, state media reported.

The strict punishments issued by the judicial body are part of the Chinese effort to eliminate the extensive fraud operations in South East Asia - and deliver a firm warning to further unlawful syndicates.

Background of the Clans

Such families became dominant in the recent decades with the assistance of a military leader - who currently heads the country's regime. The leader had wanted to support associates in the town after ousting its earlier leader.

Within the families, the this family were "the most powerful", Bai Yingcang earlier stated to official sources.

"At that time, our Bai family was the leading in each of the political and military arenas," the individual remarked in a report about the clan, aired on national media in July.

In the same report, a worker at their their scam centres recalled the abuse he had experienced there: besides being beaten, he had his fingernails removed with pliers and a couple of his digits severed with a blade.

Further Accusations

The son is included in those who were sentenced to execution recently. The individual has additionally been independently convicted of planning to trade and manufacture 11 tonnes of narcotics, official sources reported.

End of the Groups

The families' downfall came in last year as political winds altered.

For years Chinese authorities has pressed the Myanmar junta to limit scam operations in the area.

Recently, the law enforcement issued detention orders for the leading figures of such families.

The patriarch, the Bai family's leader, was included in the figures who were transferred to China from Myanmar in the beginning of the year.

For what reason is the authorities putting significant resources to pursue the groups?" a Chinese investigator commented in the summer report.

This serves as a warning individuals, no matter your position, your location, if you engage in such terrible offenses affecting the nationals, you will face consequences."