Khaberni - The Chinese authorities have issued death sentences to 5 people involved in a violent criminal gang that runs fraud operations in the Kokang region located on the border inside Myanmar, according to official media reports.
The Kokang region in Myanmar is known as a hotspot for electronic fraud activities, where there are outlets known as "fraud complexes" where foreigners, including many Chinese, work.
Some Chinese workers report that they fell victims to human trafficking and were forced to carry out online fraud within an illegal industry that generates billions of dollars annually.
In recent months, Beijing has intensified its cooperation with Southeast Asian countries to combat these criminal complexes, and thousands of people have been repatriated to China as part of joint campaigns.
The official Xinhua News Agency quoted a court in Shenzhen, southern China, saying that the crimes of the five people sentenced to death resulted in the death of 6 Chinese citizens, the suicide of a seventh citizen, and injuries to others.
United Nations Warning
In April, the United Nations warned that Chinese and Asian gangs earn tens of billions of dollars annually through electronic fraud centers.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime explained that this illegal industry linked to electronic fraud has begun to expand to South America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and some Pacific islands, and that hundreds of thousands of people are working in it around the world.
In September, another Chinese court issued death sentences to 16 people from a family gang operating similar operations in Kokang, including 5 whose sentences were suspended for two years.
