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Many of the female victims were from South Asian communities.
Detectives are not reopening the cases but hope to learn more about the scale and nature of the phenomenon.
The Metropolitan Police will give details of its inquiry at a conference in The Hague on Tuesday.
We've been unaware, we've been ignorant of the crimes going on
Commander Andy Baker
Met Police
Q&A: Honour killings explained
As well as South Asian communities, some of the victims came from Arabic or eastern European backgrounds.
Motives for the murders often included relationships which the families felt brought them dishonour.
Police say some of the murders were carried out by contract killers hired by the families.
They also believe that so-called "bounty hunters" were involved - people, including women, who make a business out of tracking down victims.
My questions are; can these things really be happening in 2007? Shouldnt people be allowed to fall in love with whomever they choose - for once I am stumpred for words except to say that I am not judging this as a member of any religion - I dont want to be a member of any of them. There is possibly more than one religion involved anyway