Grillo says EU funding to Italy 'goes to mafia' - update 2

(ANSA) - Rome, July 1 - Beppe Grillo, the leader of the Euroskeptic, anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), said Tuesday that the European Union should stop giving money to the Italy because it goes to the mafia. "I'm here to say don't give funding to Italy," Grillo told a news conference at the European Parliament. "The funding disappears in three regions, Calabria, Sicily and Campania and therefore goes to the Mafia, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra (crime syndicates)".
    Grillo was at the parliament after the M5S won 17 seats by capturing around 20% of the vote at last month's European elections.
    The M5S has formed an alliance in the parliament with Britain's UKIP, which wants the United Kingdom to leave the EU.