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A China's judicial body has handed down death sentences to several top members of a well-known Burmese organized crime group to capital punishment as Beijing maintains its efforts on fraudulent networks in Southeast Asian region.

Overall, 21 Bai family members and associates were sentenced of scams, homicide, injury and other crimes, said a state media document posted on the court website.

The group is among a few of organized crime groups that rose to power in the last two decades and converted the underdeveloped isolated region of the town into a profitable hub of casinos and entertainment zones.

Over the past few years they pivoted to scams in which many of trafficked people, many of them from China, are caught, abused and obligated to scam others in unlawful enterprises worth billions.

Information of the Verdict

Mafia head the patriarch and his heir Bai Yingcang were among the group of men condemned to capital punishment by the court in Shenzhen. Another individual, A third figure and A fourth person were the remaining sentenced.

Two members of the Bai family mafia were received suspended death sentences. Five were sentenced to life in prison, while nine others were received prison terms between three to 20 years.

The Bais, who controlled their own private army, established forty-one compounds to house their digital scam operations and casinos, authorities stated.

Extent of Illegal Schemes

These illegal enterprises entailed exceeding 29 billion yuan (over four billion dollars; £3.1bn). They also resulted in the demise of six Chinese nationals, the self-inflicted death of an individual and several assaults, reports stated.

The severe penalties issued by the judicial body are within the Chinese effort to eradicate the large scam rings in the region - and issue a firm warning to further illegal organizations.

Background of the Clans

These clans gained influence in the recent decades with the support of a prominent figure - who is in charge of the country's junta. The leader had wanted to bolster partners in the town after ousting its earlier leader.

Within the families, the this family were "absolutely number one", the son earlier told state media.

Back then, we was the leading in both the political and armed spheres," he remarked in a documentary about the Bai family, aired on national media in July.

Within that report, a individual at one of fraud facilities narrated the harm he had suffered at the location: besides being assaulted, he had his fingernails yanked out with instruments and a couple of his digits cut off with a kitchen knife.

Additional Allegations

The son is among those who were given to death in the latest ruling. The individual has also been separately sentenced of conspiring to smuggle and manufacture 11 tonnes of methamphetamine, official sources stated.

Downfall of the Families

The families' downfall came in recent times as circumstances altered.

For years Beijing has encouraged the Myanmar junta to control fraudulent operations in Laukkaing.

Recently, the authorities released arrest warrants for the leading figures of these groups.

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

For what reason is the state putting so much effort to target the groups?" a official stated in the summer documentary.

The purpose is to caution other people, no matter your position, your base, as long as you carry out such heinous acts against the nationals, you will be held accountable."