An alleged child predator accused of exploiting a child aboard his sailboat was arrested in Canada, after the FBI warned he could be sailing across the Pacific Ocean to evade authorities.Donald Steven Lang, 62, was taken into custody over the weekend at the request of the United States, federal authorities said Tuesday, ending a far-reaching search for the globe-trotting sailor.Lang, a dual U.S.and Canadian citizen, was indicted Aug.
20 in Hawaii on one count of sexual exploitation of children.'AMERICA'S MOST WANTED' FUGITIVE CAPTURED ON SAILBOAT OFF NJ COAST AFTER 20 YEARS ON THE RUNFBI photograph of Lang, who was arrested in Canada in connection with a federal child sexual exploitation case in Hawaii.(FBI)Prosecutors allege he exploited a minor between September and December 2024 aboard his 55-foot sailboat, Ishi.The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Lang was known to sail around the world and frequently harbored in Hawaii.
But the FBI’s search for him extended far beyond the islands.'AMERICA'S MOST WANTED' FUGITIVE LAID BLUEPRINT FOR VANISHING BEFORE 20-YEAR ESCAPE: AFFIDAVITAuthorities said Lang, an international sailor, was arrested in Canada after the FBI warned he could be traveling across the Pacific.(FBI)The Ishi is the 55-foot vessel named in Lang’s federal indictment.
(FBI)The Ishi, the 55-foot sailboat named in Donald Steven Lang’s federal indictment, is pictured at sea.(FBI)The bureau warned Lang, who was last seen on board Ishi in Hawaii in January 2025, could have been sailing between Hawaii and Fiji or Mexico, headed toward Papua New Guinea, or possibly Indonesia.
He had ties or connections in Hawaii, Idaho, Washington state, California, Fiji, the Marquesas Islands, Mexico and Canada, the FBI said.Federal prosecutors allege that Lang attempted to and knowingly used, persuaded, induced, enticed or coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions.The indictment identifies his sailboat as a 5...