 Upon approval by the host country, the FBI has the legal authority to deploy FBI personnel to conduct extraterritorial investigations in the host country where the criminal act has been committed, enabling the United States to prosecute terrorists for crimes committed against U.S. citizens.In September 1987, Younis was lured aboard a yacht in international waters off Cyprus with promises of a drug deal, arrested by the FBI, and flown to Andrews Air Force Base using an S-3 Viking from on board .He was the first person charged under the new federal hostage-taking statute that gave the U.S. jurisdiction over terrorist acts overseas involving American citizens.