Dual Citizen Sailor Arrested In Canada On U.S. Child Exploitation Charge
Donald Steven Lang, 62, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, was arrested in Canada over the weekend at the request of U.S. authorities on a federal child-exploitation charge.[1]
A federal grand jury in Hawaii indicted Lang on August 20, 2026, on one count of sexual exploitation of children tied to alleged abuse aboard his 55-foot sailboat Ishi between September and December 2024.[1]
The FBI said Lang was last seen aboard Ishi in Hawaii in January 2025.[1] The agency warned he might be sailing across the Pacific and listed ties to Hawaii, Idaho, Washington, California, Fiji, the Marquesas Islands, Mexico and Canada.[1]
Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of Lang's sailboat and digital devices if he is convicted, and he also faces separate Idaho charges filed in April 2025 alleging abuse of a minor from 2003 to 2007.[1]
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- Donald Steven Lang, 62, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, was arrested in Canada over the weekend before Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the request of the United States.
- A federal grand jury in Hawaii indicted Lang on August 20, 2026, on one count of sexual exploitation of children tied to alleged abuse aboard his 55-foot sailboat Ishi between September and December 2024.
- The FBI had issued an alert that Lang, last seen on Ishi in Hawaii in January 2025, might be sailing across the Pacific and listed ties to Hawaii, Idaho, Washington, California, Fiji, the Marquesas Islands, Mexico and Canada.
- Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of Lang's sailboat and digital devices if convicted, and he also faces separate Idaho charges filed in April 2025 for alleged abuse of a minor between 2003 and 2007.
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