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A China's judicial body has sentenced a group of top individuals of a notorious Myanmar organized crime group to capital punishment as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam networks in Southeast Asian region.

Overall, 21 Bai family members and associates were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and additional offenses, said a state media report published on the judicial website.

The family is one of a handful of organized crime groups that became dominant in the 2000s and transformed the poor remote area of the town into a profitable center of gambling establishments and entertainment zones.

Recently they turned to scams in which numerous of smuggled workers, a large number of them Chinese, are caught, abused and obligated to defraud victims in criminal enterprises estimated at billions.

Information of the Sentencing

Mafia boss the patriarch and his offspring the younger Bai were included in the group of men given to death by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and Chen Guangyi were the other three sentenced.

A couple of members of the Bai family syndicate were received conditional death penalties. Several were sentenced to permanent incarceration, while more figures were given jail sentences between several years to two decades.

The Bais, who commanded their own private army, created 41 bases to house their digital scam activities and betting establishments, officials said.

Extent of Criminal Operations

These illegal enterprises included over 29bn Chinese yuan ($4.1bn; £3.1bn). These activities also resulted in the demise of six from China individuals, the self-inflicted death of an individual and several assaults, official sources reported.

The strict penalties handed down by the judicial body are part of China's campaign to remove the vast scam operations in the region - and deliver a strong signal to other criminal syndicates.

Context of the Families

Such families became dominant in the 2000s with the assistance of a military leader - who now leads the country's military government. The leader had aimed to prop up partners in the town after ousting its former warlord.

Among the families, the Bais were "the most powerful", the son earlier informed official sources.

During that period, we was the leading in each of the government and military arenas," he stated in a documentary about the clan, aired on official channels in the summer.

Within that report, a individual at their fraud facilities recalled the abuse he had suffered there: in addition to being hit, he had his fingernails extracted with tools and a couple of his digits amputated with a tool.

More Charges

Bai Yingcang is included in those who were condemned to execution recently. He has also been separately found guilty of organizing to smuggle and produce a large quantity of illegal drugs, reports reported.

Decline of the Families

Their end happened in 2023 as circumstances changed.

For years Chinese authorities has encouraged the regime to control scam activities in Laukkaing.

Last year, the law enforcement issued detention orders for the key figures of these families.

Bai Suocheng, the Bai family's patriarch, was among the warlords who were transferred to China from Myanmar in early 2024.

For what reason is the state making such extensive work to target the clans?" a expert commented in the summer documentary.

The purpose is to caution groups, regardless of who you are, your base, as long as you commit these heinous offenses targeting the nationals, you will pay the price."