ABSTRACT
Human tracking (HT) is a worldwide crime that primarily aects women and children, and is strongly correlated with social inequality, lack of personal security, high levels of violence and exploitation within families, and inadequate social protection (Maltzahn, 2008; Sulaimanova, 2006, Vocks and Nijboer, 2000). Women and girls who have been sexually abused are particularly vulnerable to HT, especially when this abuse has occurred within the family unit (Farley, 2007). Women facing domestic violence and poverty are also prime victims of tracking. e US Department of State in 2004 (pp. 19-20) noted that violence and discrimination against women are factors behind the crime of tracking.
