San Mateo County steps up anti-trafficking efforts ahead of two major sporting events

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News December 11, 2025December 9, 2025

FILE: Levi's Stadium in advance of Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara on Feb. 1, 2016. (Glenn Fawcett/U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Bay City News)

About 200 people participated in a session Monday in San Mateo County that focused on combating human trafficking ahead of major sporting events happening in the region next year.

With Super Bowl 60 and several FIFA World Cup matches taking place at Levi’s Stadium in nearby Santa Clara next year, the session served as an opportunity to learn how to recognize signs of human trafficking.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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