Rescuers have also been put on edge by a succession of false bomb threats, prompting evacuations throughout Manhattan, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani told a news conference.
The van, which had false registration plates and a green band around the edge, sped off along Grange Cross Lane and was found burnt-out a short while later in Carr Lane, Moreton.
There is a false mystique to asset protection planning that has often allowed planners to charge premium prices for selling cutting-edge strategies to their clients at premium prices, when boring and inexpensive solutions probably would have worked better.