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A China's judicial body has condemned a group of top individuals of an infamous Myanmar mafia to capital punishment as Beijing continues its efforts on scam networks in Southeast Asian region.

Altogether, 21 clan figures and partners were sentenced of scams, murder, assault and various crimes, said a official document posted on the judicial website.

This clan is among a small number of syndicates that rose to power in the 2000s and transformed the underdeveloped remote area of the town into a wealthy hub of gambling establishments and red-light districts.

Over the past few years they pivoted to fraudulent schemes in which thousands of illegally moved people, many of them from China, are trapped, mistreated and forced to defraud targets in criminal activities worth huge sums.

Details of the Sentencing

Mafia boss the patriarch and his offspring the younger Bai were included in the group of men given to execution by the judicial body. Yang Liqiang, A third figure and Chen Guangyi were the additional convicted.

Two figures of the Bai family mafia were handed delayed executions. Several were given to life in prison, while more figures were handed jail sentences ranging from three to 20 years.

The clan, who commanded their own militia, created forty-one compounds to house their cyberscam schemes and betting establishments, government reported.

Extent of Unlawful Operations

Such criminal operations involved more than 29bn Chinese yuan ($4.1 billion; £3.1 billion). They also caused the demise of six Chinese individuals, the suicide of one and multiple injuries, official sources announced.

The harsh sentences issued by the judicial body are a component of China's effort to eliminate the vast fraud rings in South East Asia - and deliver a firm warning to additional unlawful organizations.

Background of the Families

Such families became dominant in the recent decades with the help of a military leader - who currently heads Myanmar's junta. He had aimed to bolster allies in the town after removing its earlier warlord.

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

During that period, the clan was the leading in both the political and armed spheres," he stated in a documentary about the Bai family, shown on Chinese state media in July.

Within that film, a employee at a illegal operations narrated the mistreatment he had experienced at the location: in addition to being hit, he had his fingernails removed with instruments and two of his fingers severed with a kitchen knife.

Additional Charges

The son is among those who were sentenced to execution recently. The individual has additionally been separately found guilty of conspiring to trade and make 11 tonnes of illegal drugs, official sources reported.

Downfall of the Families

Their fall happened in last year as political winds altered.

For years Chinese authorities has pressed the Myanmar junta to limit fraudulent activities in Laukkaing.

Recently, the law enforcement issued detention orders for the most prominent individuals of these clans.

The patriarch, the Bai family's patriarch, was among the figures who were extradited to Beijing from Myanmar in the beginning of the year.

"Why is the Chinese government making so much effort to pursue the groups?" a Chinese investigator stated in the summer film.

The purpose is to caution individuals, no matter who you are, your location, if you engage in these serious acts against the nationals, you will pay the price."