Preamble
WHEREAS, despite existing- provisions of law and the continuing efforts to eliminate them, illegal recruiters have continued to proliferate and victimize unwary workers; WHEREAS, illegal recruiters have defrauded and caused unfold sufferings to thousands of Filipino workers and their families; Whereas, experience shows that because of light penalties, illegal recruiters have become more callous and bolder in their modus operandi and usually carry out their activities as syndicates or in large scale; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order: