SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. - As the Bay Area prepares to host several high-profile sporting events next year, one transit agency is heightening awareness about a certain crime that's global in scope: human trafficking.

"When people are being trafficked on the street, I was being trafficked in the VIP section. At the games, it's all done in a different vail," said John-Michael Lander, founder of An Athlete's Silence nonprofit.

As a child he said he was the victim of sex trafficking while attending the 1985 Super Bowl. Decades later, scares remain even as he works to save others from his fate.

Human trafficking dangers during large events

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Lander, on Wednesday, took part in a one-day Valley Transportation Authority-sponsored conference in San Jose on the dangers of huma

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