“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Tribal Nations Enacts Landmark Sexual Exploitation Enterprise Prohibition Act and Launches KEEL Prevention System”
MENDOCINO INDIAN RESERVATION — 11/7/2026 — Lord Devin: Mallonee, Head Chief of Tribal Nations, Mendocino Indian Reservation, has signed into law the Sexual Exploitation Enterprise Prohibition Act (SEEPA), a comprehensive measure establishing criminal and civil liability for organized sexual exploitation and creating the KEEL — Keep Evil Enterprises Leveled system to coordinate prevention, detection, and victim protection.
The Act marks a significant expansion of Tribal Nations' sovereign authority to protect community members and all persons within its jurisdiction from sexual exploitation enterprises — organized entities or groups that engage in, facilitate, promote, or profit from patterns of non-consensual, coercive, or abusive sexual conduct.
A Sovereign Duty to Protect
“Sexual exploitation enterprises prey on vulnerability and hide behind commerce and technology,” said Head Chief Lord Devin: Mallonee. “With SEEPA, Tribal Nations affirms its sovereign responsibility to protect the bodily autonomy and dignity of every person within our jurisdiction. This law is victim-centered, evidence-based, and built to withstand legal scrutiny. It does not create vigilantes or authorize surveillance. It creates accountability.”
What SEEPA Does
SEEPA prohibits any person or entity from knowingly organizing, operating, maintaining, facilitating, promoting, or profiting from a sexual exploitation enterprise. Covered conduct includes:
- Sex trafficking — recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting a person for a commercial sex act through force, fraud, or coercion;
- Non-consensual intimate imagery — production, distribution, syndication, commercialization, online extortion, blackmail, or deepfake dissemination;
- Abusive establishments or platforms — managing, operating, or financing entities primarily used for coercive sexual abuse or exploitation; and
- Abuse of power — systemic abuse of authority, vulnerability, or differential power to compel sexual acts or services.
The Act requires a commerce nexus, applying to enterprises that affect or intend to affect interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce through electronic communication systems, financial networks, or transport systems.
Victim Protection at the Center
SEEPA expressly provides that victims shall not be criminalized, detained, or punished for acts committed as a direct result of their exploitation. The Act mandates victim-centered, trauma-informed services, including emergency shelter, medical and mental health care, culturally appropriate spiritual and community support, legal advocacy, and restitution. Victim identities and intimate imagery are protected to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Introducing KEEL
The KEEL — Keep Evil Enterprises Leveled system is the operational framework for SEEPA implementation. KEEL is a prevention, detection, disruption-support, and coordination system designed to help authorized organizations identify, validate, and address suspected sexual exploitation enterprises through lawful channels.
KEEL operates on a five-level model:
- Level 0 — Unaware: No report or indicator;
- Level 1 — Detected: Report received; intake, triage, and safety check;
- Level 2 — Validated: Human review confirms elements or high concern; case opened and evidence preserved;
- Level 3 — Disrupted: Lawful disruption action taken through approved partners; and
- Level 4 — Deterred / Prevented: Harm reduced, outcome recorded, and prevention follow-up.
The system emphasizes human review for all consequential actions, due process, false-positive controls, data minimization, and victim safety.
Guardrails and Accountability
Tribal Nations emphasized that SEEPA and KEEL are designed with strict legal and ethical safeguards:
- No unauthorized surveillance, hacking, doxxing, or public shaming;
- No direct physical intervention or vigilante action;
- No automated adverse action without human review, except approved emergency escalation;
- No unverified public accusations;
- Full audit trails, oversight board review, and appeal paths;
- Bias and false-positive testing before launch and periodically thereafter; and
- Cooperation with federal, state, local, and international authorities under memoranda of understanding and applicable law.
“KEEL is not a morality-enforcement system and not a substitute for courts or law enforcement,” said Head Chief Lord Devin: Mallonee. “It is a disciplined, auditable tool to help authorized defenders act lawfully, protect victims, and prevent harm.”
Reporting and Victim Assistance
If there is immediate danger, call 911 or contact emergency services.
To report suspected conduct under SEEPA or to seek victim assistance, contact:
Victim Advocacy and Support: 707-941-4454
Office of the Head Chief: gov@tribalnations.email
Reports may be made confidentially or anonymously where permitted by law. Community members are urged not to investigate independently, confront suspected persons, or further share intimate images or personal information. Preserve evidence and contact the appropriate authorities.
Availability of the Act and KEEL Charter
The full text of SEEPA and the KEEL system charter are available at:
Website: https://nationalfederationofmendocino.org
Reasonable accommodations, language assistance, and alternative formats are available upon request.
About Tribal Nations, Mendocino Indian Reservation
Tribal Nations, Mendocino Indian Reservation, is a self-governing nation whose sovereignty is affirmed by the 1856 Executive Order establishing the Mendocino Indian Reservation and by the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous peoples predating the United States Constitution. Tribal Nations exercises authority over economic development, commerce, and the health, safety, and welfare of persons within its jurisdiction.
ISSUED BY:
Lord Devin: Mallonee
Head Chief, Tribal Nations
Mendocino Indian Reservation
DATE ISSUED: November 7, 2026