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One Chinese court has condemned five leading individuals of a notorious Burmese organized crime group to death as Beijing continues its efforts on fraudulent networks in South East Asia.

In all, twenty-one clan figures and partners were found guilty of fraud, murder, assault and other crimes, stated a state media report released on the judicial portal.

The family is one of a handful of syndicates that gained influence in the last two decades and transformed the underdeveloped remote area of Laukkaing into a lucrative center of casinos and nightlife areas.

Over the past few years they turned to illegal operations in which many of smuggled people, many of them Chinese, are caught, mistreated and obligated to scam victims in criminal activities worth huge sums.

Details of the Sentencing

Syndicate boss Bai Suocheng and his son the younger Bai were included in the group of individuals given to capital punishment by the judicial body. Another individual, Hu Xiaojiang and Chen Guangyi were the remaining punished.

A couple of members of the clan mafia were given conditional death penalties. Several were given to life in prison, while nine others were given prison sentences ranging from a period of 3-20 years.

The Bais, who controlled their own militia, established forty-one compounds to host their online fraud activities and casinos, government reported.

Extent of Illegal Activities

Such illegal enterprises included more than 29 billion yuan ($4.1 billion; £3.1bn). They also led to the deaths of several Chinese nationals, the self-inflicted death of an individual and several injuries, reports announced.

The strict punishments delivered by the judicial body are a component of the Chinese campaign to eliminate the vast fraud rings in Southeast Asia - and send a strong warning to other illegal syndicates.

Context of the Clans

These families gained influence in the 2000s with the support of a military leader - who currently heads Myanmar's junta. The leader had aimed to bolster partners in the town after replacing its earlier leader.

Within the groups, the this family were "absolutely number one", Bai Yingcang earlier told official sources.

Back then, the clan was the leading in each of the government and armed spheres," the individual said in a documentary about the Bai family, aired on national media in July.

In the same report, a employee at their their scam centres narrated the harm he had suffered there: in addition to being assaulted, he had his nails extracted with pliers and two of his fingers amputated with a blade.

Additional Charges

Bai Yingcang is included in those who were sentenced to execution this week. The individual has also been independently found guilty of conspiring to trade and make a large quantity of narcotics, reports stated.

End of the Groups

Their downfall came in recent times as circumstances changed.

Previously Chinese authorities has urged the Myanmar junta to control scam schemes in the area.

Last year, the law enforcement announced detention orders for the key figures of such families.

The patriarch, the Bai family's head, was among the figures who were transferred to Beijing from Myanmar in recent months.

"Why is the state putting significant resources to pursue the four families?" a expert said in the summer report.

The purpose is to caution groups, no matter your identity, your base, when you engage in such heinous crimes against the citizens, you will face consequences."