China has executed four senior members of the Bai crime family, notorious for running scam centres and illegal casinos in Myanmar's Kokang region. The executions follow the death sentences handed down for crimes including fraud, homicide, kidnapping, extortion, and forced prostitution. Authorities revealed that the Bai family operated 41 fraud parks, which resulted in multiple deaths and injuries, and controlled their own militia to enforce their operations. Just days earlier, China also executed eleven members of the rival Ming crime family, whose scams duped thousands globally through fake online romances and cryptocurrency schemes.

The crackdown is part of a wider effort by Beijing to combat transnational crime syndicates operating scam centres across Southeast Asia. Many workers in these compounds were trafficked and subjected to torture, forced to participate in elaborate internet frauds targeting victims worldwide. International governments, including the United Kingdom and the United States, have imposed sanctions on networks linked to these scams, freezing assets and targeting those responsible for orchestrating the operations.

The United Nations has warned of the rapid spread of cyberscam industries, estimating hundreds of thousands of people are involved globally. Recent actions by China and its partners signal an intensifying campaign against criminal groups exploiting vulnerable individuals and laundering illicit profits through international property markets.