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A China's judicial body has handed down death sentences to several top figures of a well-known Myanmar mafia to execution as Beijing maintains its campaign on fraudulent networks in the region.

Altogether, twenty-one clan figures and partners were convicted of fraud, homicide, assault and additional offenses, said a state media report posted on the judicial website.

The group is among a few of syndicates that became dominant in the 2000s and converted the poor remote area of the town into a profitable center of casinos and entertainment zones.

Recently they turned to illegal operations in which thousands of illegally moved people, several of them Chinese, are trapped, abused and compelled to defraud others in criminal operations worth billions.

Details of the Judgment

Mafia head the patriarch and his son Bai Yingcang were included in the several men condemned to death by the judicial body. Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang and Chen Guangyi were the additional convicted.

Two individuals of the Bai family syndicate were given suspended death sentences. Five were condemned to life imprisonment, while more figures were given jail terms ranging from several years to two decades.

This family, who led their own armed group, created forty-one bases to accommodate their online fraud activities and casinos, authorities said.

Magnitude of Criminal Operations

These criminal enterprises included over 29bn local currency ($4.1 billion; £3.1bn). They also caused the fatalities of several from China nationals, the self-inflicted death of an individual and numerous harm, reports stated.

The severe sentences handed down by the court are part of China's effort to eradicate the extensive scam networks in the region - and send a strong warning to additional unlawful organizations.

History of the Clans

Such clans became dominant in the 2000s with the help of Min Aung Hlaing - who is in charge of the country's junta. He had wanted to bolster partners in the town after removing its earlier ruler.

Among the families, the Bais were "absolutely number one", Bai Yingcang earlier told state media.

Back then, our Bai family was the leading in both the political and armed spheres," the individual said in a report about the Bai family, shown on official channels in the summer.

During the report, a employee at a fraud facilities narrated the mistreatment he had endured at the location: besides being hit, he had his nails removed with pliers and two of his digits cut off with a kitchen knife.

More Accusations

The son is included in those who were condemned to execution this week. The individual has additionally been separately convicted of planning to traffic and produce a large quantity of methamphetamine, state media announced.

End of the Families

Their end occurred in recent times as circumstances shifted.

Previously Beijing has pressed the Myanmar junta to rein in scam schemes in Laukkaing.

Last year, the authorities released arrest warrants for the key figures of such families.

Bai Suocheng, the Bai family's leader, was among the individuals who were extradited to Beijing from Myanmar in the beginning of the year.

"Why is the state putting significant resources to target the clans?" a official commented in the summer film.

This serves as a warning other people, no matter your identity, where you are, as long as you engage in these heinous crimes targeting the Chinese people, you will pay the price."