 Valachi returned to discover he had been replaced with a new driver by the Minutemen and so he formed a new burglary gang.In 1930, Valachi was inducted as a made man into the American Mafia, also known as the "Cosa Nostra" ("our thing").He soon became a "soldato" (soldier) in the Reina family, now known as the Lucchese family, led by Gaetano Reina.