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One Chinese judicial body has condemned several leading members of a well-known Myanmar organized crime group to execution as Beijing maintains its campaign on scam networks in Southeast Asian region.

In all, 21 Bai family figures and partners were found guilty of scams, murder, injury and additional offenses, said a state media document released on the judicial portal.

The family is among a few of syndicates that rose to power in the early 2000s and transformed the poor backwater town of the town into a lucrative hub of casinos and entertainment zones.

Recently they pivoted to illegal operations in which thousands of smuggled individuals, a large number of them Chinese, are caught, abused and compelled to defraud victims in illegal operations valued at huge sums.

Specifics of the Judgment

Mafia boss the patriarch and his son Bai Yingcang were among the five figures condemned to capital punishment by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the remaining convicted.

Two figures of the Bai family syndicate were given conditional death penalties. Five were sentenced to permanent incarceration, while additional individuals were handed jail terms between a period of 3-20 years.

This family, who led their own armed group, created 41 bases to host their cyberscam operations and gambling houses, officials stated.

Magnitude of Criminal Activities

Such criminal operations involved exceeding twenty-nine billion yuan ($4.1bn; over three billion pounds). These activities also resulted in the fatalities of six Chinese nationals, the suicide of an individual and several assaults, official sources reported.

The strict sentences issued by the court are a component of the Chinese initiative to eradicate the extensive fraud networks in the region - and send a stern warning to additional unlawful syndicates.

History of the Groups

These clans gained influence in the recent decades with the help of a military leader - who now leads Myanmar's military government. He had wanted to support associates in the town after ousting its earlier warlord.

Within the clans, the Bais were "the top", Bai Yingcang earlier stated to official sources.

During that period, the clan was the leading in both the political and armed circles," he said in a film about the clan, broadcast on official channels in July.

In the same documentary, a worker at their fraud facilities narrated the mistreatment he had endured there: besides being hit, he had his nails yanked out with tools and two of his fingers cut off with a blade.

More Charges

The son is included in those who were given to death recently. The individual has additionally been independently found guilty of organizing to smuggle and make 11 tonnes of narcotics, reports stated.

Downfall of the Clans

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

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

Recently, the Chinese police released detention orders for the leading individuals of these families.

The patriarch, the Bai family's patriarch, was included in the figures who were extradited to Beijing from the country in recent months.

For what reason is the authorities making significant resources to target the groups?" a official said in the July documentary.

The purpose is to caution groups, no matter your identity, your location, when you carry out these terrible crimes targeting the citizens, you will face consequences."