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A Chinese court has condemned five top figures of a well-known Myanmar organized crime group to capital punishment as Chinese authorities maintains its campaign on fraudulent networks in Southeast Asian region.

In all, 21 Bai family figures and partners were sentenced of scams, homicide, assault and additional offenses, reported a state media announcement posted on the judicial portal.

The family is among a small number of organized crime groups that gained influence in the 2000s and converted the poor remote area of Laukkaing into a wealthy hub of casinos and nightlife areas.

In recent years they shifted to illegal operations in which numerous of trafficked individuals, many of them Chinese, are caught, abused and forced to cheat victims in unlawful operations estimated at billions.

Details of the Judgment

Mafia boss the patriarch and his heir Bai Yingcang were among the several men given to execution by the court in Shenzhen. Another individual, A third figure and Chen Guangyi were the additional punished.

Two individuals of the Bai family mafia were received delayed executions. Five were sentenced to permanent incarceration, while additional individuals were received jail terms varying from three to 20 years.

The Bais, who controlled their own private army, created 41 compounds to accommodate their online fraud operations and gambling houses, authorities stated.

Extent of Illegal Operations

Such unlawful activities included over 29bn local currency (over four billion dollars; £3.1 billion). They also led to the demise of six from China citizens, the suicide of an individual and numerous assaults, official sources reported.

The harsh sentences delivered by the court are part of the Chinese effort to remove the extensive fraud rings in South East Asia - and issue a strong message to further criminal syndicates.

Context of the Groups

These clans rose to power in the 2000s with the help of Min Aung Hlaing - who is in charge of the country's military government. He had wanted to prop up allies in the town after ousting its earlier warlord.

Within the families, the Bais were "the top", the son earlier stated to state media.

"At that time, we was the leading in both the political and military circles," the individual stated in a film about the Bai family, shown on official channels in the summer.

During the film, a individual at a fraud facilities recalled the mistreatment he had endured there: besides being assaulted, he had his fingernails removed with pliers and two of his digits cut off with a kitchen knife.

More Charges

Bai Yingcang is among those who were condemned to execution this week. The individual has additionally been separately found guilty of organizing to traffic and manufacture a large quantity of illegal drugs, state media reported.

End of the Families

The families' downfall happened in last year as political winds shifted.

For years Beijing has urged the regime to rein in scam schemes in the area.

Last year, the authorities announced arrest warrants for the leading members of such clans.

The patriarch, the clan's leader, was included in the warlords who were handed to Beijing from the country in recent months.

For what reason is the Chinese government putting so much effort to target the four families?" a expert stated in the summer report.

This serves as a warning individuals, regardless of your position, your location, as long as you carry out these serious offenses against the nationals, you will face consequences."