WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
Note: See the indictment here.
A man was arrested this weekend in Canada at the request of the United States following his earlier indictment in Hawaii for sexual exploitation of a child.
According to court documents, Donald Steven Lang, 62, produced images of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Lang allegedly produced the images between September 2024 and December 2024 aboard his 52-foot sailboat, the Ishi. Lang is an amateur sailor who is known to sail around the world and frequently harbored in Hawaii.
"Protecting children from sexual predators is a priority of the highest order," said Assistant Attorney General A. T...