CYCLISTS led a demonstration against human trafficking in Oxford city centre on Friday.
A team of 14 cyclists, part of the Cycle for Freedom tour visiting Oxford, led a march through Cornmarket Street with their arms bound to highlight trafficking issues.
The demonstration was supported by OXCAT (Oxford Community Against Trafficking).
OXCAT spokesman Mark Wheeler said: “It was a very successful demonstration because it attracted a lot of attention in the middle of the city centre.
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“A lot of shoppers stopped to look and find out what was happening and that helps us to get the message across that trafficking is taking place here in this country.”
More than 5,000 people are victims of human trafficking and slavery at any one time in the UK, according to the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group.
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