In developing states where agrarian lifestyle predominates, citizens are left without education or appropriate skills to compete in an evolving workforce. As socio - economically disadvantaged people, opportunistic predators seize upon their vulnerability. Women and children are the most vulnerable and are the principal victims of traffickers who coerce their services, predominantly in the sex industries. Crime syndicates are notorious for identifying vulnerable females who entertain visions of better life and more susceptible to deceptive offer of job opportunities in foreign countries. Globalization is the development of an increasingly integrated economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labour markets that transcend nation-states’ boundaries (Webster.com). The mobility of capital, organizations, ideas, discourses, and peoples has taken on an increasingly global form. Consequently, other forms of slavery and human trafficking are not just outcomes of globalization, but are part of the globalization process itself that involves a functional integration of dispersed economic activities. This paper discusses why women and children are more vulnerable to trafficking in Africa. It provides explanations to the cultural and social factors that drive and sustain this illegal practice and evaluates the efforts of various groups and institutions in stemming the tide.

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