had been shadowing
Past perfect progressive conjugation of shadow. There are other translations for this conjugation.

shadow

The police arrested a drug dealer whom they had been shadowing for a couple of weeks.
La policía detuvo a un traficante que habían estado siguiendo sigilosamente durante un par de semanas.
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