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One China's judicial body has sentenced five leading members of an infamous Burmese organized crime group to execution as Chinese authorities maintains its campaign on fraudulent activities in the region.

Altogether, 21 Bai family individuals and collaborators were convicted of fraud, homicide, assault and additional crimes, said a official document posted on the court portal.

The group is one of a few of syndicates that gained influence in the last two decades and converted the underdeveloped isolated region of the town into a lucrative base of casinos and entertainment zones.

In recent years they turned to illegal operations in which many of illegally moved people, many of them Chinese, are trapped, harmed and compelled to scam others in unlawful operations estimated at billions.

Details of the Judgment

Mafia boss Bai Suocheng and his offspring the younger Bai were among the group of figures sentenced to death by the judicial body. Another individual, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the remaining punished.

Two figures of the clan mafia were handed suspended death sentences. Several were condemned to life in prison, while nine others were given prison terms between several years to two decades.

The clan, who led their own militia, created 41 compounds to accommodate their cyberscam operations and casinos, officials reported.

Extent of Criminal Schemes

These criminal activities included more than 29 billion yuan (over four billion dollars; over three billion pounds). They also caused the deaths of six Chinese individuals, the suicide of one and multiple injuries, official sources announced.

The severe punishments handed down by the court are within the Chinese initiative to eradicate the vast scam networks in the region - and issue a strong signal to additional unlawful organizations.

History of the Clans

These clans became dominant in the recent decades with the support of Min Aung Hlaing - who now leads the country's military government. The leader had wanted to bolster partners in Laukkaing after replacing its former leader.

Within the clans, the this family were "the top", Bai Yingcang previously informed official sources.

Back then, the clan was the leading in each of the government and military circles," he stated in a report about the Bai family, broadcast on national media in the summer.

In the same report, a worker at a their scam centres described the mistreatment he had experienced there: in addition to being assaulted, he had his nails removed with pliers and two of his fingers severed with a kitchen knife.

Additional Charges

Bai Yingcang is included in those who were condemned to execution this week. He has also been independently convicted of organizing to trade and make eleven tons of methamphetamine, reports announced.

Downfall of the Clans

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

Over a long period Chinese authorities has urged the regime to limit fraudulent operations in the area.

Last year, the law enforcement released legal actions for the leading individuals of such families.

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

For what reason is the state making significant resources to go after the four families?" a expert said in the summer film.

"It's to warn other people, no matter who you are, where you are, as long as you carry out such serious acts affecting the citizens, you will face consequences."