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A China's judicial body has sentenced several top figures of a notorious Burmese organized crime group to execution as Beijing continues its crackdown on fraudulent networks in Southeast Asian region.

Overall, 21 Bai family individuals and collaborators were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and other offenses, said a official announcement published on the judicial website.

The family is among a handful of syndicates that gained influence in the early 2000s and transformed the impoverished isolated region of the town into a profitable base of casinos and entertainment zones.

Recently they turned to fraudulent schemes in which many of smuggled people, several of them from China, are ensnared, abused and compelled to cheat others in illegal operations valued at billions.

Information of the Judgment

Syndicate head the patriarch and his heir the younger Bai were among the group of individuals sentenced to execution by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Another individual, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the remaining convicted.

A couple of members of the clan syndicate were handed delayed executions. Several were sentenced to life in prison, while more figures were received jail sentences varying from three to 20 years.

This family, who controlled their own private army, established 41 compounds to host their cyberscam schemes and casinos, officials reported.

Scale of Illegal Schemes

These illegal activities included exceeding twenty-nine billion local currency (over four billion dollars; £3.1bn). These activities also led to the fatalities of six Chinese individuals, the self-inflicted death of one and multiple assaults, reports announced.

The strict penalties issued by the court are a component of China's initiative to eliminate the vast scam networks in the region - and send a firm signal to additional unlawful groups.

History of the Clans

These families became dominant in the recent decades with the help of a military leader - who now leads Myanmar's junta. The leader had intended to prop up partners in Laukkaing after ousting its earlier warlord.

Within the groups, the this family were "absolutely number one", Bai Yingcang before stated to state media.

Back then, we was the dominant in each of the political and military spheres," he stated in a film about the clan, broadcast on official channels in July.

In the same film, a worker at one of their scam centres narrated the harm he had experienced at the location: in addition to being hit, he had his nails removed with pliers and two of his fingers cut off with a tool.

Further Accusations

The son is included in those who were given to execution in the latest ruling. He has also been independently found guilty of conspiring to trade and manufacture 11 tonnes of methamphetamine, state media stated.

End of the Clans

The families' end happened in recent times as situations changed.

Previously Chinese authorities has pressed the Myanmar junta to control fraudulent schemes in Laukkaing.

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

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

For what reason is the state making such extensive work to go after the four families?" a expert said in the July documentary.

This serves as a warning groups, regardless of your identity, your base, if you carry out these serious offenses targeting the citizens, you will face consequences."