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One Chinese judicial body has condemned several top figures of a well-known Burmese mafia to execution as Chinese authorities maintains its efforts on scam activities in South East Asia.

Overall, 21 clan figures and partners were found guilty of fraud, homicide, assault and various crimes, stated a state media report published on the court website.

The group is among a small number of mafias that became dominant in the last two decades and changed the poor remote area of the town into a lucrative base of casinos and entertainment zones.

Recently they turned to illegal operations in which many of trafficked people, several of them Chinese, are caught, harmed and compelled to cheat victims in illegal activities worth huge sums.

Specifics of the Judgment

Mafia leader the patriarch and his offspring Bai Yingcang were among the five figures given to execution by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the remaining convicted.

A couple of figures of the Bai family syndicate were received suspended death sentences. Five were condemned to life in prison, while more figures were given prison sentences ranging from several years to two decades.

This family, who controlled their own private army, created 41 compounds to host their online fraud schemes and gambling houses, authorities said.

Scale of Criminal Activities

Such unlawful activities entailed exceeding twenty-nine billion local currency (over four billion dollars; £3.1bn). They also caused the deaths of six Chinese nationals, the suicide of an individual and multiple assaults, reports announced.

The harsh penalties issued by the judicial body are within China's effort to eliminate the large fraud networks in the region - and send a stern message to additional unlawful groups.

Context of the Families

Such families rose to power in the 2000s with the support of a military leader - who currently heads Myanmar's regime. He had wanted to prop up associates in Laukkaing after ousting its former ruler.

Among the clans, the this family were "the top", the son before told state media.

Back then, the clan was the leading in both the government and armed spheres," the individual remarked in a report about the Bai family, broadcast on national media in the summer.

In the same film, a worker at their their scam centres recalled the abuse he had suffered at the location: in addition to being assaulted, he had his fingernails removed with pliers and two of his fingers severed with a tool.

Further Accusations

Bai Yingcang is among those who were given to death this week. He has additionally been separately found guilty of conspiring to smuggle and manufacture eleven tons of illegal drugs, official sources stated.

End of the Families

The families' end occurred in last year as situations changed.

For years Beijing has encouraged the regime to rein in scam operations in the area.

Recently, the law enforcement announced legal actions for the key figures of these clans.

The patriarch, the Bai family's head, was included in the individuals who were extradited to China from Myanmar in the beginning of the year.

For what reason is the Chinese government putting significant resources to go after the four families?" a Chinese investigator stated in the July documentary.

This serves as a warning individuals, regardless of your position, where you are, as long as you carry out these heinous acts targeting the citizens, you will pay the price."