On Thursday, December 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an indictment in what is described as the latest cryptocurrency investment scam known as ‘pig butchering’ to the tune of $80 million dollars. But as Americans are becoming victims as they are duped out of their life savings, it turns out the scammers on the front lines are victims themselves of human trafficking mainly located on the other side of the globe in Asia. With financial devastation on one hand and the potential growth of modern-day slavery on the other, ‘pig butchering’ may be one of the more pernicious ‘crypto’ crimes to date.