Crimes of Moral Turpitude

For cases involving consular processing, the State Department has published a list of Crimes Against the Government which do and which do not involve moral turpitude.[66]  The State Department also listed a number of crimes against the government which are often “regulatory in character and which do not involve the element of fraud or other evil intent” and are not considered to involve moral turpitude.[67]

[66] 9 U.S. Dep’t of State, Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) § 40.21(a) N.2.3-2(a) states that crimes against the government which involve moral turpitude include bribery, counterfeiting, fraud against revenue or other governmental functions, mail fraud, perjury, harboring a fugitive from justice (with guilty knowledge), and willful tax evasion.

[67] 9 U.S. Dep’t of State, Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) § 40.21(a) N.2.3-2(b) lists black market violations, breach of the peace, carrying a concealed weapon, desertion from the armed forces, disorderly conduct, drunk or reckless driving, drunkenness, escape from prison, failure to report for military induction, false statements (not amounting to perjury or involving fraud), firearms violations, gambling violations, immigration violations, liquor violations, loan sharking, possessing burglar tools (without intent to commit burglary), smuggling and customs violations (where intent to commit fraud is absent), tax violations, and vagrancy.