Employees of currency exchange points in Moldova have been instructed not to talk or make eye contact with their customers after a string of mysterious robberies, Russia’s NTV television reports. According to Moldovan police, a criminal has stolen about $30,000 from several exchange points in the space of a week. The initial investigation has shown that most probably the thief hypnotized the clerks as they talked to him and they voluntarily handed over all the cash they had at hand. The search for the hypnotist continues. Police say that the prime suspect is a resident of the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. Moldova is a former Soviet republic wedged between Ukraine and Romania.