This right here.
Legal runs are absolutely ridiculous. I see groups of rebels doing SILVER because it's better than illegal runs, and you can even boost your already large profits with the WPL.
No wonder we get massive stacks of cops whenever someone does an federal event, they've been checking empty illegal zones for hours on the EU side.
Processing faster is absolutely not the move, you want /more/ interaction in those zones if possible. I also think you make a staggering amount of money from just one day of runs anyway, legal runs need to be toned down and a small buff to illegal runs at best. (And relocation of some of the more expensive illegal runs wouldn't go amiss, moonshine gets checked once per restart by a corporal in a heli, and is a giant money printer for the big gang alliance in the south.)