DeliverFund expands anti-trafficking support ahead of Super Bowl LXI and 2028 Olympics

DeliverFund says it will keep providing intelligence, training and real-time analytic support to law enforcement through Super Bowl LXI in 2027 and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. The nonprofit is building on a record World Cup operation that generated 2,177 intelligence reports over 39 days.

Why it matters: - DeliverFund is extending counter-human trafficking support well before two major U.S. events that can draw large crowds and create trafficking risks. - The nonprofit says agencies that prepare now are more likely to identify victims and disrupt trafficking when the Super Bowl and Olympics arrive. - The work is designed to help law enforcement avoid starting from zero when host-city operations begin.

What happened: - DeliverFund announced plans to support law enforcement through Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 14, 2027, and the Los Angeles Summer Olympics from July 14 to July 30, 2028. - The announcement follows what DeliverFund calls its largest counter-human trafficking operation to date during the FIFA World Cup. - Between June 10 and July 19, 2026, DeliverFund analysts submitted 2,177 intelligence reports to law enforcement. - That pace averaged roughly 56 reports a day across 39 consecutive days.

The details: - DeliverFund will sustain analytic coverage instead of ramping up only near event dates. - Analysts will keep monitoring illicit online commercial sex activity nationwide so host-jurisdiction agencies have an active baseline before the events. - DeliverFund will send intelligence reports directly to federal, state and local investigators. - Each report is tied to a specific potential victim, trafficker or trafficking venue. - The organization will provide real-time analytic support during operations. - That support is meant to help officers in the field get answers fast enough to use during an investigation. - DeliverFund will also train law enforcement personnel to identify and investigate trafficking activity in illicit online markets. - The training will include agencies in and around host jurisdictions. - DeliverFund provides this support at the request of law enforcement. - The organization does not conduct investigations or enforcement of its own.

Between the lines: - DeliverFund is framing the main constraint as capacity, not intent. - The nonprofit argues proactive operations depend on analytic hours that many agencies cannot spare inside normal schedules. - Shane Erickson, DeliverFund’s chief of operations, said the agencies that prepare before crowds arrive will be better positioned to identify victims than agencies that wait. - The World Cup operation also showed the value of long-running coverage, with DeliverFund describing it as the longest counter-human trafficking operation the organization has supported.

What's next: - DeliverFund will keep providing intelligence, technology and training to law enforcement through the lead-up to both events. - Agencies in host cities and surrounding jurisdictions are expected to use the support to prepare before the events begin. - DeliverFund says the next major test will come at Super Bowl LXI, followed by the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

The bottom line: - DeliverFund is betting that early, steady intelligence work will help law enforcement move faster when two of the biggest events in the U.S. arrive.