Abraham Joffe ACS

Trade Secret – a shocking exposé (doc) on the polar bear fur trade. Despite the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice, these icons are still being exploited on the global market.@tradesecretfilm youtube.com/watch?v=Kd1uLS…

My first in depth podcast on ‘Trade Secret’ johnfiege.earth/25-abraham-jof…

The 1973 Agreement that protected polar bears from commercial hunting was built on Norwegian scientific leadership. That leadership is needed again.

At CITES COP28 in 2028, Norway has a historic opportunity — to propose Appendix I protection and end the international commercial trade that is compounding the climate crisis these bears already face.

Norway is a polar bear range state. A CITES signatory. Home to some of the world's leading polar bear scientists. It has every qualification to act.

Norway has banned polar bear hunting since 1973. Yet it's one of the world's largest importers of their skins — and cannot verify whether a single one is legally sourced.

His response to calls for a ban? "The day there's a total export ban, the price of the skins I already have will double. I am in no hurry to sell. This is my pension."

A 2022 government inspection found 23 of 37 skins had no traceable origin. Norway's own scientific advisors concluded Canadian hunting is likely unsustainable. The government ignored them.

The shop owner admitted on record to removing Canadian tags from skins — replacing them with his own — to deceive Chinese buyers into thinking the bears came from Svalbard.

@PeterEgan6 can you reshare please ?

Norway's national broadcaster NRK just published a major investigation into a secret polar bear skin warehouse in Bergen. They used footage from Trade Secret as primary evidence. nrk.no/vestland/jakt-…

Huge story from NRK on the Norwegian trade in polar bears centred in Bergen nrk.no/vestland/jakt-…

Trade Secret will have its German Premiere at Doxumentale in Berlin this June. Tickets on sale now. cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/…

@PeterEgan6 did not realize this was their position. guess they don’t need my donation dollars. there should not be a single conservation group on the planet supporting sport hunting when wildlife populations are collapsing

Panel to once again talk long-dead polar bears - E&E News by POLITICO eenews.net/articles/panel…

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Trade Secret – a shocking exposé (doc) on the polar bear fur trade. Despite the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice, these icons are still being exploited on the global market.@tradesecretfilm youtube.com/watch?v=Kd1uLS…

🎬 Congratulations to @Abrahamjoffe on receiving the 2026 #HumanRightsInMotion Award for Trade Secret. The award was presented by former PACE President @TheodorosRouss2 at @FIPADOC. 🔗 More: pace.coe.int/en/news/10195/…

'Trade Secret' will have its Middle East premiere at XPOSURE in Sharjah on 31st January. I will be joined by wildlife journalist Adam Cruise for a post-screening discussion on the role of investigative wildlife filmmaking in modern conservation. workshops.xposure.net/events/exposin…

AUE premiere of Trade Secret this week. wam.ae/en/article/byf…

Trade Secret coming to Plymouth, UK: plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/trade…