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One China's judicial body has condemned a group of top members of a well-known Myanmar mafia to capital punishment as Beijing persists in its campaign on scam networks in the region.

Overall, 21 clan figures and partners were sentenced of scams, homicide, injury and other offenses, reported a state media report posted on the judicial portal.

The group is one of a few of organized crime groups that gained influence in the 2000s and transformed the underdeveloped remote area of the town into a wealthy base of gambling establishments and entertainment zones.

Over the past few years they turned to illegal operations in which many of smuggled people, many of them from China, are ensnared, harmed and obligated to cheat targets in illegal activities valued at billions.

Details of the Judgment

Syndicate boss the patriarch and his offspring Bai Yingcang were included in the group of figures condemned to death by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court. Another individual, A third figure and A fourth person were the other three convicted.

A couple of members of the clan mafia were given conditional death penalties. Five were given to life in prison, while more figures were received prison sentences varying from a period of 3-20 years.

The Bais, who controlled their own armed group, created forty-one bases to host their cyberscam operations and gambling houses, officials reported.

Scale of Criminal Schemes

These criminal enterprises included more than 29bn local currency (over four billion dollars; £3.1bn). They also caused the deaths of six Chinese citizens, the self-inflicted death of an individual and multiple injuries, reports stated.

The strict penalties handed down by the court are within China's initiative to eliminate the vast scam rings in South East Asia - and send a strong signal to other criminal groups.

History of the Families

Such clans rose to power in the recent decades with the assistance of a military leader - who now leads the country's junta. The leader had intended to prop up associates in Laukkaing after removing its previous warlord.

Among the groups, the Bais were "the top", the son previously told official sources.

During that period, we was the leading in both the government and armed circles," the individual said in a film about the clan, broadcast on official channels in the summer.

During the film, a individual at a fraud facilities recalled the mistreatment he had suffered at the location: besides being hit, he had his fingernails extracted with tools and two of his fingers cut off with a blade.

Additional Allegations

Bai Yingcang is included in those who were given to execution recently. He has also been separately found guilty of organizing to traffic and produce 11 tonnes of methamphetamine, state media announced.

End of the Clans

The families' downfall came in recent times as situations shifted.

Over a long period Beijing has urged the local government to control scam activities in the area.

Recently, the Chinese police released legal actions for the key members of these groups.

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

"Why is the Chinese government putting such extensive work to go after the groups?" a official commented in the summer report.

This serves as a warning groups, regardless of your position, where you are, if you engage in such terrible crimes targeting the citizens, you will pay the price."