Two men have been jailed for a total of 12 years for sex trafficking in Oxford.
Anastassios Papas and Graham Cochrane, who ran the ‘Fun Girls in Oxford’ agency, were sentenced at Oxford Crown Court this afternoon.
Papas, 43, of Iffley Road, East Oxford, went on the run after his arrest and was convicted in his absence at a trial in November of trafficking women within the UK for sexual exploitation, conspiracy to traffic women within the UK for sexual exploitation, controlling prostitution for gain and converting £67,075 of criminal property.
He was eventually arrested in Staines in March and was yesterday jailed for a total of seven years with an extended period of licence of four years.
Cochrane, 49, of Corncrake Way, Bicester, was found guilty of conspiracy to traffic women within the UK for sexual exploitation and two charges of trafficking women into the UK for sexual exploitation. He was jailed for five years.
Both men must sign the sex offenders’ register for life.
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