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A China's court has condemned five top figures of a notorious Burmese organized crime group to execution as Chinese authorities continues its efforts on fraudulent activities in South East Asia.

Overall, twenty-one clan figures and partners were convicted of fraud, murder, injury and various offenses, stated a official report released on the judicial portal.

The group is among a handful of syndicates that became dominant in the 2000s and transformed the poor backwater town of Laukkaing into a wealthy base of casinos and nightlife areas.

Recently they shifted to fraudulent schemes in which many of illegally moved people, several of them Chinese, are caught, mistreated and forced to defraud others in unlawful operations worth billions of dollars.

Details of the Sentencing

Syndicate head Bai Suocheng and his offspring the younger Bai were among the group of individuals condemned to death by the court in Shenzhen. Another individual, Hu Xiaojiang and A fourth person were the additional sentenced.

Two individuals of the clan mafia were given conditional death penalties. Five were condemned to life imprisonment, while additional individuals were given jail sentences between several years to two decades.

This family, who controlled their own private army, set up 41 facilities to host their digital scam schemes and betting establishments, authorities reported.

Magnitude of Criminal Activities

Such illegal enterprises included exceeding twenty-nine billion Chinese yuan ($4.1bn; over three billion pounds). They also resulted in the deaths of several Chinese citizens, the self-inflicted death of an individual and numerous harm, official sources stated.

The strict sentences delivered by the judicial body are within China's effort to remove the large scam rings in the region - and issue a firm warning to other illegal organizations.

Context of the Clans

Such clans gained influence in the early 2000s with the assistance of a military leader - who is in charge of Myanmar's junta. He had intended to prop up partners in Laukkaing after replacing its former leader.

Among the clans, the Bais were "the top", Bai Yingcang earlier told state media.

"At that time, we was the dominant in each of the political and armed spheres," he stated in a film about the clan, aired on Chinese state media in July.

Within that film, a employee at one of fraud facilities described the harm he had endured at the location: in addition to being assaulted, he had his fingernails removed with pliers and a couple of his fingers amputated with a kitchen knife.

Additional Allegations

Bai Yingcang is among those who were condemned to execution recently. He has also been independently sentenced of planning to smuggle and produce a large quantity of illegal drugs, official sources reported.

Decline of the Groups

The families' fall occurred in recent times as situations changed.

For years Beijing has pressed the regime to limit scam schemes in the area.

Last year, the law enforcement released legal actions for the key individuals of such clans.

The patriarch, the Bai family's patriarch, was among the individuals who were transferred to China from the country in recent months.

"Why is the authorities making so much effort to target the groups?" a expert stated in the July film.

This serves as a warning other people, no matter who you are, your base, when you engage in these serious offenses affecting the Chinese people, you will be held accountable."