Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), including seafarers, and Filiplno nationals traveling overseas are strongly advised to take necessary precautions to avoid involvement In the smuggllng or trafficking of narcotics and illiclt drugs.
International criminal syndicates operating in the Philippines, Chlna (Indudlng Hong Kong and Macau), Malaysia, Thailand, Indla, Pakistan, Turkey, and other countries in Asia, Middle East, and South America have victimized unsuspectlng Flllplno travelers and have also succeeded in recrultlng Fillplno natlonals to work as drug couriers or "mules".