“Usually when you want to launder money you want to do it quickly and get it cleaned up in the system,” he says. In contrast, the bond swap plot is a relatively long-term strategy — Gois says it will take him between six months and one year. “It's expert-level money laundering and it shows the caliber of the people that are talking about this.”If all goes to plan, this operation would see Urdaneta get his money back. This is a common pain point for people seeking to launder funds, notes Gonzalez, the Peruvian financial expert. The revelation places the stepchildren of Venezuela’s former leader at the center of a conversation about about money laundering.