Crimes of Moral Turpitude

(B)

State Department List.  The State Department has 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.  It listed 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. [187]

[187] 9 U.S. Dep’t of State, Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) § 40.21(a) N.2.3-2(b).