L'émergence d'un droit pénal en réseau

How to build a European penal system? Through the analysis of anti-fraud instruments, the study argues that new structures of social control are emerging: within the European Union, investigation and prosecution of fraud rely on the cooperation among a network of national and supranational authorities that are governed by distinct and autonomous legal systems. Thus defined, the network criminal law raises questions that neither national sovereignty nor the community method can answer. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, ways forward are explored by developing an alternative model of legitimization. The latter enables a comprehensive evaluation of the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), including a detailed analysis of the procedural framework established by regulation 883/2013 as well as institutional aspects in the light of the setting up of a European Public Prosecutor Office.