FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. wants "visa less" travel within Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) stopped since syndicates use this scheme to traffic Filipinas abroad as sex slaves.

"A lot of girls from Cotabato are trafficked to war zones to be sex slaves through visa less Asean. Stop visa less travel," Locsin tweeted on Wednesday.

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