The 46-year old American yachtsman sought by the FBI for allegedly kidnapping his nine-year old son and sailing non stop from Seattle to Niue has been deported from Niue.
Jeffrey Hanson, who had visited Niue in 1998, was spotted by a local resident who had read about the FBI manhunt and notified the Niue police.
Mr Hanson was charged with entering the island illegally and is being flown back to the US via New Zealand.
His son will be taken by FBI agents back to New Zealand this week and reunited with his mother in Pennsylvania .