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A China's court has handed down death sentences to a group of prominent individuals of an infamous Myanmar organized crime group to capital punishment as Beijing maintains its crackdown on scam operations in South East Asia.

Overall, 21 Bai family figures and partners were sentenced of scams, homicide, assault and other offenses, reported a official announcement posted on the court website.

The family is one of a few of syndicates that became dominant in the early 2000s and changed the impoverished remote area of Laukkaing into a wealthy hub of casinos and nightlife areas.

Recently they pivoted to scams in which many of illegally moved workers, a large number of them from China, are trapped, abused and forced to defraud others in criminal activities valued at billions.

Specifics of the Sentencing

Mafia head Bai Suocheng and his heir Bai Yingcang were included in the several figures given to execution by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and Chen Guangyi were the additional punished.

A couple of figures of the clan syndicate were handed delayed executions. Five were condemned to life in prison, while additional individuals were received prison terms between three to 20 years.

This family, who led their own private army, set up forty-one compounds to accommodate their digital scam operations and casinos, authorities reported.

Magnitude of Unlawful Activities

These illegal operations included more than twenty-nine billion Chinese yuan ($4.1bn; over three billion pounds). They also caused the deaths of six Chinese citizens, the self-inflicted death of an individual and numerous harm, state media announced.

The severe punishments issued by the judicial body are within the Chinese initiative to remove the vast fraud networks in the region - and deliver a strong signal to further illegal syndicates.

History of the Families

These groups became dominant in the early 2000s with the support of a prominent figure - who is in charge of Myanmar's junta. He had wanted to support associates in the town after removing its previous ruler.

Among the groups, the this family were "the most powerful", Bai Yingcang previously informed official sources.

Back then, our Bai family was the most powerful in each of the government and military spheres," he stated in a documentary about the clan, aired on official channels in July.

In the same report, a worker at a their scam centres narrated the harm he had suffered there: in addition to being beaten, he had his fingernails removed with tools and two of his digits amputated with a tool.

Additional Accusations

The son is included in those who were condemned to death in the latest ruling. The individual has also been independently convicted of conspiring to trade and make 11 tonnes of illegal drugs, official sources stated.

End of the Families

Their downfall came in last year as circumstances altered.

Previously Chinese authorities has encouraged the local government to limit scam activities in the area.

Last year, the law enforcement issued detention orders for the most prominent figures of such groups.

The patriarch, the Bai family's leader, was included in the individuals who were transferred to China from the country in recent months.

For what reason is the authorities putting significant resources to pursue the clans?" a official stated in the July documentary.

This serves as a warning groups, regardless of who you are, where you are, as long as you carry out such terrible crimes affecting the citizens, you will be held accountable."