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This paper discusses trafficking of women in Latin America in the context of economic globalization. The author begins by providing the context for trafficking of women in the region and discusses the relationship between neoliberalism, economic globalization and trafficking. Conditions that enable and perpetuate trafficking are also examined as the author uses a value chain framework to analyze the key actors and conditions that make women vulnerable to trafficking in Latin American. Families and communities, recruitment agencies, trafficking networks and demand for trafficked women are identified as links in this trafficking chain. The author concludes with a set of recommendations and by emphasizing the need for more research on trafficking women in Latin America. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International - Latin America]